Canton of Chur

The Canton of Chur was a canton of Switzerland during the 19th and 20th centuries. The canton was located in the Grisons region along Switzerland's eastern border, bordering Italy to the south and Liechtenstein and Austria to the northeast. The canton was a mostly agricultural region for years, and it had a population of 20,250 people in 1836, with most of them being farmers and supporters of the Catholic Conservative Party.